But in no such manner was Lieutenant Goodhouse derelict in his duties.

There were others besides Mr. Fanshawe who had walked out of Mr. Harte's demesne to Jimville and wore names that smacked of the soil,"Alkali Bill," "Pike" Wilson, "Three Finger," and "Mono Jim;" fierce, shy, profane, sun-dried derelicts of the windy hills, who each owned, or had owned, a mine and was wishful to own one again.

The second train looked quite deserted, and therefore, beyond examining the ammunition cart of a 5-inch gun left derelict on the road and counting ten rounds of unfired ammunition, we passed without molestation up the railway embankment on the way to Kraevesk.

Or it may be that the majority of the inhabitants of south central Britain, left derelict by their Roman guardians, showed little opposition.

A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties.